manal yousef, Language Instructor

manal yousef

Language Instructor

French Institute

Location
Jordan - Amman
Education
Bachelor's degree, Translation
Experience
14 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :14 years, 4 Months

Language Instructor at French Institute
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since August 2014

Teacher of Arabic as a Foreign Language at the French Institute
Amman, Aug, 2014-Now
Teaching Intermediate level and advanced conversation and intermediate levels.
 Creating teaching materials, worksheet, and handouts for the conversation course.
 Teaching Arabic for students from different backgrounds.

Programme Specialist at King Hussein Foundation
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 2014 to July 2016

Jubilee Center for Excellence in Education/ King Hussein Foundation, Programme Specialist, Dec 2014- July 2016

• Followed up with, and submitted technical reports to the project funders (USAID and FHI360, American Department of State, and UNHCR).
• Coordinated project activities including training courses, official openings (for a training center and labs) and others.
• Designed monitoring and evaluation survey forms and analyzed pre and post evaluations.
• Communicated and coordinated with the Ministry of Education.
• Translated documents, and interpreted during training workshops and conferences.

Program Coordinator at Think Unlimited
  • Jordan - Amman
  • August 2013 to August 2014

Program Coordinator at Think Unlimited2
Jordan, Aug, 2013-Aug, 2014
 Created systems to track course teaching materials, Inventory system, and others.
 Subtitled over that 50 videos that were used as part of the course content which is being taught at the American University in Madaba and Zarqa University.
 Translated surveys and pre and post tests that measure creativity and convergent thinking skills for over than 15 classes.
 Designed course Evaluation form, analyzed course evaluation and surveys data, created videos for the organization, took part in workshoping and brainstorming for course content, and other tasks.

Teaching Associate at Williams College
  • United States
  • June 2012 to May 2013

Teaching Associate for Arabic as a Foreign Language at Williams College3
Massachusetts, USA, 2012-2013
 Held five TA sessions per week with beginner, intermediate, and advanced students.
 Assisted in organizing cultural activities for the Arabic program.
 Designed and taught winter study course.
 Participated in foreign language teaching pedagogy workshop.
 Attended one hour language table each week.
 Held two office hours per week.

English Language Teacher at Sands National Academy
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2011 to June 2012

English language teacher at Sands National Academy.
Jordan, 2011-2012
 Taught five sessions per day in the English language Remedial program.
 Remedial program coordinator for the first, second, third and forth grads.
 Followed up with parents and keep them informed of the student progress and file of activities/progress.
 Assisted in organizing trips and activities for the school scout.

Translator at Think Unlimited and Learn It Live
  • Jordan - Amman
  • January 2010 to December 2011

Translator with Think Unlimited
 Translated the manual for teachers to conduct Brain Builders project; a project aims to train students for critical thinking.
 Translated the power point presentations for the same project; eleven PPT presentation.

Translator for Learn it Live.(Freelancing)
 Translated materials for the E-learning website directed to the Middle East.

Language and Culture Facilitator at Peace Corps
  • Jordan - Mafraq
  • October 2009 to May 2010

Language and Culture Facilitator with Peace Corps4.
Mafraq, Jordan
 Worked at the same position for two successive years (four months per year) in the pre-service training for volunteers.
 Attended three weeks training of trainers’ workshop.
 Taught Arabic as a foreign language four hours per day, five days per week.
 Held two hours culture session about Jordanian culture.
 Translation work during Peace Corps conferences.
 Lived with host families in Mafraq city villages.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Translation
  • at Al albeit University and Williams College
  • June 2009

Education BA in Translation French and English languages. Class of 2009 Awards Fulbright1 award for Foreign Language teaching Assistants(FLTA) program Williams College, USA 2012-2013

Specialties & Skills

Computer Skills
Translation
Teaching

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Intermediate
Russian
Beginner
Spanish
Beginner